Juan Vitalio Acuna Nunez

Juan Vitalio "Vilo" Acuna Nunez (27 January 1925-31 August 1967) was a Cuban revolutionary who was one of the oldest veterans of Che Guevara's column.

Biography
Juan Vitalio Acuna Nunez was born in Purial de Vicana, Cuba in 1925, and he lived in a hovel and worked as a peasant farmer. When Fidel Castro landed in Cuba in 1956, Acuna joined the 26th of July Movement rebels, and he became a lieutenant in July 1957. In November 1958, he became the commander of his own column during the Cuban Revolution, and he became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965 for his service in the revolution. In 1966, Che Guevara chose Acuna to accompany him during his Bolivian campaign, and both Acuna and Tamara Bunke were killed in an ambush by the Bolivian Army in 1967.